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A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.
Better to be disliked than pitied.
Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals.
His ignorance is encyclopedic.... (more Abba Eban quotes)
| My People: Abba Eban's History of the Jews, Vol. 1 by David Bamberger | |
| Abba Eban: An autobiography by Abba Solomon Eban | |
| Abba Eban Reads from Psalms & Ecclesiastes by Abba Solomon Eban |